Now a 16x ACM Award-winner, Lainey Wilson won four awards at the 60th Annual ACM Awards, including Entertainer of the Year, Album of the Year (Whirlwind), Female Artist of the Year and Artist-Songwriter of the Year, marking her second consecutive Entertainer of the Year win and third consecutive in the Female Artist of the Year category.
Wilson also performed twice during last week’s live ceremony, her song “Whirlwind”, and “Trailblazer” with Reba McEntire and Miranda Lambert, the latter of which Wilson wrote with Lambert and Brandy Clark and was released on Friday following the show. Listen HERE.
The accolades add to yet another monumental year for Wilson, who recently earned her eighth #1 at US country radio and second #1 at UK country radio with “4x4xU” and is in the midst of her nearly sold-out Whirlwind World Tour, which includes upcoming stops at New York’s Madison Square Garden, Los Angeles’ Kia Forum, Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena, Austin’s Moody Center, Baton Rouge’s Raising Cane’s River Center Arena and Denver’s Ball Arena among many others. The upcoming dates follow the tour’s first leg, a completely sold-out extensive run across the UK and Europe earlier this year.
The tour follows the release of Wilson’s widely acclaimed album Whirlwind, out via BBR Music Group/BMG Nashville (stream/purchase here). Produced by Grammy Award-winning producer Jay Joyce (Miranda Lambert, Eric Church), the record earned Wilson her best sales week ever as it debuted at #8 on the all-genre Billboard 200 chart, her first top 10 entry.
In just the past year, Wilson was also inducted into the Grand Ole Opry, performed during the Dallas Cowboys’ Thanksgiving Halftime Show, won Best Country Album at the 2024 Grammy Awards, three awards at the 59th ACM Awards and two awards at the 58th CMA Awards, where she also made her hosting debut alongside Peyton Manning and Luke Bryan. Wilson also received two awards at this year’s ACM Honors: the prestigious Triple Crown Award, presented to those who have won ACM Entertainer of the Year, Female/Male Vocalist of the Year and New Female/Male Vocalist of the Year, and the Milestone Award, which is given to an artist who has had an unprecedented or outstanding year in country music.
A prolific and sought-after songwriter, Wilson has scored eight US #1 hits including “Things A Man Oughta Know”, “Watermelon Moonshine” and the 2x Platinum Certified “Heart Like A Truck”, and has collaborated with artists such as Post Malone (“Nosedive”), Cole Swindell (“Never Say Never”), Jelly Roll (“Save Me”), HARDY (“wait in the truck”) and Myles Smith (“Nice To Meet You”). She is also a triple threat within entertainment as a singer, songwriter and actor and will make her feature film acting debut in next year’s adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s Reminders of Him, after acting in Paramount’s hit television series, Yellowstone. Moreover, Wilson wrote and recorded “Out of Oklahoma”, which was featured in the new Twisters movie.